tbe (Bippslanfcer. THURSDAY, MAY 7 The Mirboo North Choral Society are on Friday, 15th inst., staging an opera entitled " Phyllis," which by all accounts should prove an entertainment well worth witnessing. The various performers are putting in a lot of hard work practising. v o o o Whilst driving home to Mirboo South on Monday, Mrs Le Brunn, accompanied by four children, "had a narrow escape from serious injury, if not death. Owing to one of the wheels of the buggy com ing off, the horse bolted, and eventually capsized the vehicle. Marvellous to re late, the children escaped unhurt. Mrs Le Brunn, however, had an arm broken. 000 The friends of Mr Frank Holmes will be pleased to learn he Ifas so far recovered from his recent accidents that he is able to knock about again. 000 The death of Mr J. W. Clements, of Meeniyan, took place early on Sunday morning last. Deceased had been suffering for the past 18 months, but his death came as a surprise to a great number of his friends, as he ...

v In Memoriam. DYKE—In loving memory of my dear husband, and our dear father, George Dyko, who departed this life, on 10th May, 1913. Our sorrow is great, our loss hard to bear, God knows I have lost a fond husband's care. A husband more true ne'er dwelt on this earth, Or proved to his children a true father's ./ worth. —Inserted by his loving wife and family.

Margarine. (By L Lowsby, Secretary , of the" Co Gperative and Cheese Factories' > Association of Victoria. The colored margarine question has received a good deal of attention by all interested in the butter business for some time. There have been immense improvements in the methods of manu facture during late years. Formerly it was .made from o^eo, stearine, refined beef tallow. To day there are three distinct .kinds—oleo margarine, made from animal fats; vegetable margarine, made from nuts, mostly cocoanuts ; and a margarine made from a mixture' of these two varieties. Doctors differ as to the food values of margarine. The medical superin tendent told the Bermondsey guardians a few months ago that he could not make a similar report as To margarine as he did when the alteration in the dietary of butler--to margarine was 1 made in igoS, as, in his opinion, the constituents of margarine had changed ! since that time, and its composition was 1 not of such nutritive value now as for...

Gippsland Co-Operation. An extraordinary"general meeting of the Gipps'and and Northern Co-opera tive Skiing Company Limited was held 011 Friday afternoon in Melbourne. _The attendance was large. iti^.Iudinti managers from tli« shareholding butter factories and a number of Koowee rup and Trafalgar farmers. Mr J. M'Ken zie (i-'liairui urof directors) presided. Explaining that it bad b en found necessary to increase the cap'ual of the company, tin; chairman said (hat when the company con.uneriecd operations the capital was £5,000. 1" 1910 it was found necessary to increase the capital to £30,000, and now it was found that, with the growing business, .still more capital was necessary. To save the trouble and expense of re peatedly asking for more, it was de cided to make it a respectable sum this time. Tlu; growth of 'business in the produce department meant tli it a con siderable sum was wanted. In Decem ber the turnover in the produce de partment was £102,000 The box fac tory, too, re...

IT HAS NO EQUAL. "I liail Clamping pains in the stomach and nothing gave me ease," says Mm A. Jones, Main Ktl., Mt. Clear, Vic. "As a number of ni\ customers swear by Chamberlain's Colio ami Diarrhoea lbmedy I thought I would Hive it a trial, and I got relief lifter llie first (lose. I think there is iinth&amp;lt;n^ rqual to Chambai Iain's Colic and Diarrhoea Itemed? for pains ia the stomach." Sjld by Buck land Bros. For Children's Hacking Cough at Night;, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 1,6.

BOUGHT A BOTTLE. "I hail pains in my legs which the doctor said was rheumatism," writes Mr liobs. I Cochrane, Builder, Wuimiha, N Z. "His I lotion did me nn good and I suffered misery I saw a friend using some liniment which he told liie was Chamber■Iain's Pain Balm and offered me his bottle to try it. It did me so much good that 1 bought a bottle myself and. was ?oon frcs of all pains." Sold by Buck land Bros. HACKING COUGH. "For about two years my son Eric had a nnsty hacking cough," says Mr Albert W. Coleman, "Caramba," Mon-iur St., Puhvich llill, N.S.W. "Then I gave him Chamber lain's Cough Remedy and after a few doses noticed lie had greatly improved. Before ws liad given him the whole bottle his cough had completely disappeared. lie is now strong, mid well and gaining weight dally." Sold by Buckland Liros. For Chronic Client Complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint (Jure, l,fi.

Football. MEETING OF DELEGATES. A meeting of delegates to. the MorWell and District Football As sociation was held at McKay's hotel on Tuesday mornins. Present— Messrs O'Hara (presideni) and Car mody (Yinnar),' Capon and Bri.is inead (M'orwell), Gratton and Pres cott (Mirboo), . J. Holdin,£r_ and Mael;av (Hazelwood), and Asldev and Christian (Boolarra}.. 'lhe minutes of last meeting were read and cadfirmcd. COURESPOXDEXCE... The Victorian League intimated that they were awaiting instructions what to do with the money forward ded for umpire, whose attendance had been cancelled.—Application to • be made for refund. Letters were read from the Hazel wood and Yinnar clubs notifying • their withdrawal from the Associa tion.—Mr Gratton moved that the withdrawals be accepted.—Seconded by Mr Prescott.— Mr Bolding: Wo wish to get back again into the com - petition.—Air Gratton : But we must first accept the withdrawals.— As an amendment, Mr Carmody moved that the letters be dealt with separat...

SWEARS Bi' IT. "My little grandchild Olive vnis attacked, with Bronchitis and nothing I tried did her any pood" says MrsE. Headifen, ISGTasman Street, Newtown, N Z. "Having seen Cham berlain's Cough Remedy advertised as beinp most effective in the treatment of bronchitis T thought I would try it. I did so; it gave her immediate relief from the first. Now I swear by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy." Sold by Buckland Bros.

Orange Blossoms. A quiet wedding was celebrated at St.Liurence's Church, Leongatha, on April 22nd, when Mr M. O'Brynn, of Allambee. was married to Miss Ceei'y Carty, of Nerrena. The ceremony was performed l>y the Rev. Father O'Brien in the presence of a nmnher of relatives and friends. The bridi*, who was given away by her father, wore a drfss of cream voile, with wreath and vei:, and carr ied iijuhower bouquet of white roses. Miss Connie Carty fulfilled the duties of' bridesmaid, while the. bridegroom was assisted by .Mr Walter Tuck. The happy couple h ft on their linnfyrnoon by the evening train for Melbourne.

A.N.A. Ball. Dancers are again reminded that tha annual A.N. A. ball will take place on -Monday night next It promises to be an exceptionally fine affair, as the com mittee are maki:is* speuial efforts to make a success of tins fixture The lloor will he specially prepared, and will he scrubbed. The supper will ba ft set one. The ti nder of Miss Wil liams was accepted for the catering. Dancers should not f til to attend this opening ball of the season.

Wear and Tear. As the years roll on. in their track less course, the stress and strain of modern existence slowly hut surely have their effect, and, as we approach middle life, most of us suffer from ail ments, such as rheumatism, gout, neu ralgia, lumhago, sciatica, anaemia, in digestion, biliousness, jaundice, sick headache, general debility, gravel, stone and bladder troubles. The in efficient action of the kidneys and : liver is the prime factor when we suf i fer from one or more of these com- i plaints, and in such cases it is neces- j sary to restore the kidneys and liver . to health and activity ere a cure can i be effected. Warner's Safe Cure pos- I sesses remarkable curative and restor- I ative properties in kidney and liver j disorders, and sufferers from any of | the above-mentioned ailments are con- i fidently recommended to at once seek the aid of Warner's Safe Cure in or der that the uric and biliary poisons, ; the retention of which causes the af-. fliction, may be re...

WORKING-MAN ARTIST. The "Universe" tells the interest ing life-story of the "working-man art ist of Walworth," whose powers have been attracting attention. Having first seen the light at Man chester in 1867, Matthew Mooneywas taken at the age of three to Glasgow, where he received his schooling at the Franciscan School, South Side. He commenced work as steward on a pleasure-steamer plying round the Scottish coast; went later to Man chester and worked in a wine bar; five years later he became valet to Cardinal Vaughan, with whom he tra velled; acted as steward on- a Royal Mail Steam Packet boat; took up a job as a stage hand at Drury Lane Theatre; and then turned engineer. He is now assistant electrician at a London hotel. Mr. Mooney's lionw is in a "depress ing street" in Walworth. He was thirty-two before he "touched a paint box." Seeing the scene-painters busy at Drury Lane Theatre, be became sud denly interested in their work. At every opportunity he watched them spread their col...

Courage. Admiral Lord -Howe, when Captain, was hastily awakened in the' middle of the night by the lieutenant of the watch, who informed him with great agitation that the ship was on fire near the magazine. "If that be the case," yaid he, rising leisurely to put on his clothes, "we shall soon know it." The lieutenant, flew back to the scene of danger, and, almost instantly returning, exclaimed, "You need not, sir, be afraid, the fire is extinguish ed." "Afraid!" exclaimed Howe. "What do you mean by that, sir? I never was afraid in my life." Then, he adde I, looking the lieutenant full in the face, "Pray, how does a man feel when he •is afraid? I need not ask how j.e looks." People who live double lives are aipt to discover in the end that neither of them was profitable. When a man has failed at every thing else he can still become a critic. Many a man gets a reputation for wisdom by leaving things unsaid.

Not So Green As He Looked. A man with a wife who has her own ways about doing things is lucky enough to catch her now and then. "My dear," he said the other morn ing as he was dressing, "I think you were right when you told me last night that there were burglars in the house." "Why?" she asked nervously. "Because all the money that I had in my pockets when I went to berl is gone." "Well," she said, with an I-told-you so air, "if you had been brave and rgot up and shot the wretch y.ou would have had youi* money this morn ing." "Possibly, my dear, possibly,"" he said. "But if I had done so I would have been a widower." She laughed softly then and gave half of it back to him.

The Great Tragedy. "Arid this," said the alleged old sol dier, pestering a long-suffering editor who was an old soldier, "is wliero tho Arabs were massed in front of us. Here"—pointing to another place on a dirty pocket map—"is where our di vision was drawn up in zareba. We deployed in this direction, and our left wing was attacked by the enemy on this knoll. Just at this pc'nt I was wounded on the left shouldor, and a hundred yards farther 011 I got my right arm shattered by a oiec-a of one of our own shells, and " "But," interrupted the bored edi;o -, "where did you get your brains blown out?" A well-dressed lady having given the signal that she desired to alight, the tramcar was brought to a stop, but just so that the rear step was' directly over a small mud puddle. VI13 lady looked an instant, and then ask ed: "How do you think I can get off here?" The conductor replied: "I cannot tell you, madam, but I do know that we can't wait until that puddle dries up." The modiste, was dis...

A 'Weekly" Story. A maiden with a lot of Mon. Was much beloved by everyone. She had a lisp, quite fetching, Tue., And crowds of "chappies" came to woo, But only one she cared to Wed., And when he asked her to, she said: "Oh, yetth, I will right gladly, Thur." Nor did she dally or demur. "Can'st cook?" her lover asked. "Oh, my!" She answered, "I can bake and Fri." Then down her lover promptly Sat. And signed her up to run bis flat. P.S.—When fifty weeks and two were done, That happy couple liad a Sun.

NO PLAUDITS ARE TOO GENEROUS IN REGARD TO AS A RECRUITING BEVERAGE: IT ALSO PAS A SALUTARY EFFECT OH THE KIDNEYS. PIGS and CALVE8 8TONE and CO. (Regd.), ROBERT SCHULTE, Proprietor. WHOLESALE MEAT SALESMAN, METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET, NORTH MELBOURNE. Are open to Receive Carcase Pork and Veal Any Day During the Week. Sales Daily. Highest Prices Realised. Latest Cold Storage Chambers. Prompt Account Sales. Correspondence Invited. .•See cur Weekly Reports in Market Reports. Do you know that majay of yoar Suits which appear to yoa to ba worn out would, if ssat to tae, be returned locking almost as freaa as when they arrived from tho tailort, and the coat, when compared witk that of a new Suit would be infinl* teaimal. I can clean year Suits, Overcoats, Vests and Hats, or if they are faded can dye tbesa. My process does not spoil tha shops, gj shrink any garmint. The cost in most rcaoonabla—> Suits from 5/9; Overcoats from 4fQ. On all orders over 1®/-, I pay freight ono way. Send eq a t...